Pixote Interview
Tell us a little bit about your background.
I was born in Brazil. My mom was a video artist and very avantguard and worked with a lot of important artists. My father a poet, writer and theater director.
I was born in Brazil and then moved to New York when I was 16. Definitely a crazy cultural shock. But I have a lot of my Brazilian roots and half of this hustle of an independent being that lives in New York. I think definitely have a mixture of two big cities Rio de Janeiro Brazil and New York City.
Tell us how you first got involved with art.
Well, you know my parents were artists so I feel like how I first got involved was with music actually. I was seven years old. I got my first guitar and from then on guitar was my passion. I wanted to be a Guitar Hero. I played in a lot of bands and recordings and on stages and that was my whole life around music. It was funny because I had a really visual aspect in my music. I used to play music and think about textures and colors and dimensions. And now that I'm painting I think of music like harmony balance, composition, so it's really interesting how all these art forms are all interconnected.
What does art represent to you.
So art for me is a vehicle to reach the soul. That's at least for me. For me art is really trying to tap into this unknown that exists. And bring this message up to the surface. It's somehow like channeling with different forces.
I meditate a lot, so to me to dive into the world of the present moment and the consciousness and then to bring what is to me to the surface into the canvas. It's my mission you know. It's like go deep. Deep, deep in the bottom of the ocean let's say. And then pushit, all of those elements to the canvas or whatever art that I'm working on.
How does your working graffiti relate to your paintings?
Well they are different in some aspects but they also share a similar spirit. Let's say on graffiti, I'm going in and getting up into different types of medium but it's still art. But it's adrenalin driven. It's seen as illegal mostly. So there are different aspects. And in the studio it's more peaceful, I have time to do it but somehow they share a primitive aspect. Through symbols and typography, I'm communicating the story on walls almost like cave man and old times so that's how they relate.
What inspires you?
Everything inspires me. When you find simplicity and you find the beauty in the simple things in life you find and when you go actually really deep in the essential elements of life you'll realize that there is something beautiful in everything. So the streets, the animals, the birds, the nature, the life the visions from the universe that is inside is what inspires me.
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Clermont Twins Interview
hannon and Shannade Clermont are the dynamic duo of the 21st century. With a conjoint Instagram account amassing 1.3 million followers, the identical twins hailing from Dallas, Georgia have got our attention. Blessed with ambitions too grand for their Southern roots, the sisters set out to New York City for university before being cast in a reality show that would change their lives, just as planned. Appearing in Bad Girls Club in 2015, the Clermont Twins had a very clear mission – to make a name for themselves. And that they did. Campaigns, covers, and catwalks all followed the two’s television stint, quickly building an exhaustive roster of accomplishments. That said, as impressive as it is, they are nowhere near done. In fact, Shannon proposes, “We’re just getting started.”
With degrees from Parsons and FIT, internships for labels such as Jovani and Saint Laurent, and heads of a ready-to-wear line of their very own, Shannon and Shannade’s experience behind the scenes proves just as commendable as their time in the spotlight. While modeling will always, of course, be a focus for the twins, design and business seem to take precedence at the moment. In our exclusive with Shannon, she reveals that the two are working on the release of eyewear under their brand, Mont Boudoir. “But no one knows about it,” she discloses.
If there is anything we’ve learned from history’s most prolific pairs, it’s that two is most often than not, better than one. From the gun-slinging, havoc-wreaking Bonnie and Clyde of the 1930s to the 2000s’ heiresses of pop culture, Paris and Nicole, it has been proven that there truly is no greater force than that of a dynamic duo and the Clermont Twins are no exception.
hannon and Shannade Clermont are the dynamic duo of the 21st century. With a conjoint Instagram account amassing 1.3 million followers, the identical twins hailing from Dallas, Georgia have got our attention. Blessed with ambitions too grand for their Southern roots, the sisters set out to New York City for university before being cast in a reality show that would change their lives, just as planned. Appearing in Bad Girls Club in 2015, the Clermont Twins had a very clear mission – to make a name for themselves. And that they did. Campaigns, covers, and catwalks all followed the two’s television stint, quickly building an exhaustive roster of accomplishments. That said, as impressive as it is, they are nowhere near done. In fact, Shannon proposes, “We’re just getting started.”
With degrees from Parsons and FIT, internships for labels such as Jovani and Saint Laurent, and heads of a ready-to-wear line of their very own, Shannon and Shannade’s experience behind the scenes proves just as commendable as their time in the spotlight. While modeling will always, of course, be a focus for the twins, design and business seem to take precedence at the moment. In our exclusive with Shannon, she reveals that the two are working on the release of eyewear under their brand, Mont Boudoir. “But no one knows about it,” she discloses.
If there is anything we’ve learned from history’s most prolific pairs, it’s that two is most often than not, better than one. From the gun-slinging, havoc-wreaking Bonnie and Clyde of the 1930s to the 2000s’ heiresses of pop culture, Paris and Nicole, it has been proven that there truly is no greater force than that of a dynamic duo and the Clermont Twins are no exception.
hannon and Shannade Clermont are the dynamic duo of the 21st century. With a conjoint Instagram account amassing 1.3 million followers, the identical twins hailing from Dallas, Georgia have got our attention. Blessed with ambitions too grand for their Southern roots, the sisters set out to New York City for university before being cast in a reality show that would change their lives, just as planned. Appearing in Bad Girls Club in 2015, the Clermont Twins had a very clear mission – to make a name for themselves. And that they did. Campaigns, covers, and catwalks all followed the two’s television stint, quickly building an exhaustive roster of accomplishments. That said, as impressive as it is, they are nowhere near done. In fact, Shannon proposes, “We’re just getting started.”
With degrees from Parsons and FIT, internships for labels such as Jovani and Saint Laurent, and heads of a ready-to-wear line of their very own, Shannon and Shannade’s experience behind the scenes proves just as commendable as their time in the spotlight. While modeling will always, of course, be a focus for the twins, design and business seem to take precedence at the moment. In our exclusive with Shannon, she reveals that the two are working on the release of eyewear under their brand, Mont Boudoir. “But no one knows about it,” she discloses.
If there is anything we’ve learned from history’s most prolific pairs, it’s that two is most often than not, better than one. From the gun-slinging, havoc-wreaking Bonnie and Clyde of the 1930s to the 2000s’ heiresses of pop culture, Paris and Nicole, it has been proven that there truly is no greater force than that of a dynamic duo and the Clermont Twins are no exception.
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With degrees from Parsons and FIT, internships for labels such as Jovani and Saint Laurent, and heads of a ready-to-wear line of their very own, Shannon and Shannade’s experience behind the scenes proves just as commendable as their time in the spotlight. While modeling will always, of course, be a focus for the twins, design and business seem to take precedence at the moment. In our exclusive with Shannon, she reveals that the two are working on the release of eyewear under their brand, Mont Boudoir. “But no one knows about it,” she discloses.
If there is anything we’ve learned from history’s most prolific pairs, it’s that two is most often than not, better than one. From the gun-slinging, havoc-wreaking Bonnie and Clyde of the 1930s to the 2000s’ heiresses of pop culture, Paris and Nicole, it has been proven that there truly is no greater force than that of a dynamic duo and the Clermont Twins are no exception.
With degrees from Parsons and FIT, internships for labels such as Jovani and Saint Laurent, and heads of a ready-to-wear line of their very own, Shannon and Shannade’s experience behind the scenes proves just as commendable as their time in the spotlight. While modeling will always, of course, be a focus for the twins, design and business seem to take precedence at the moment. In our exclusive with Shannon, she reveals that the two are working on the release of eyewear under their brand, Mont Boudoir. “But no one knows about it,” she discloses.
If there is anything we’ve learned from history’s most prolific pairs, it’s that two is most often than not, better than one. From the gun-slinging, havoc-wreaking Bonnie and Clyde of the 1930s to the 2000s’ heiresses of pop culture, Paris and Nicole, it has been proven that there truly is no greater force than that of a dynamic duo and the Clermont Twins are no exception.
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